In 2025, padel tournaments are multiplying in France and around the world, offering a wide range of events to both professional and amateur players. Between the FIP Tour, Premier Padel et A1 Padel, discover the tournament categories, their prize money, their target audience and their impact on the world ranking.

FIP Tour

The FIP Tour, organized by the International Federation of Padel (FIP), a revised its tournament categories for 2025 to make them more readable and attractive. Tournaments are now classified into four main categories:

  • FIP Platinum : This is the elite category of the FIP Tour. Tournaments in this category offer winners 300 points for the FIP ranking and a prize pool of between €120 and €000. These events take place over two days of qualifying and five days of main draw.
  • FIP Gold : These tournaments award 150 points to the winners and offer a financial prize of between €50 and €000.
  • FIP Silver : The winners receive 80 points, with a financial prize ranging from €15 to €000.
  • FIP Bronze : This category offers 40 points to the winners, with a financial prize of between €7 and €000.

These tournaments are primarily aimed at professional players and high-level amateurs looking to accumulate points to improve their FIP ranking.

Premier Padel

Premier Padel is the official professional padel circuit, also supervised by the FIP. In 2025, this circuit includes three categories of tournaments:

  • Major : The most prestigious tournaments on the circuit, offering 2 points to the winners for the FIP ranking.
  • P1 : These tournaments award 1 points to the winners.
  • P2 : Starting in 2025, P2 tournaments will award 600 points to winners, an increase from the 500 points previously awarded.

The 2025 calendar Premier Padel includes 24 tournaments spread across 16 countries, with notable stops in France, including the Paris Major at Stade Roland-Garros from September 8 to 14, and the P2 in Bordeaux from June 30 to July 6.

A1 Padel

A1 Padel, formerly known as APT Padel Tour, is an international professional circuit created in 2020 by Monegasque businessman Fabrice Pastor. This circuit organizes around twenty tournaments each year and has its own independent ranking. Although considered a secondary circuit due to the absence of the world's best players, A1 Padel remains very competitive and attracts many elite players. It is distinguished by its red turf, a distinctive feature of the circuit.

Tournaments in France

In France, padel is also structured around different tournament categories, organized by the French Tennis Federation (FFT). These categories are as follows:

  • P25, P100 and P250 : These tournaments are mainly intended for recreational and beginner players.
  • P500, P1000, P1500 and P2000 : These categories are aimed at intermediate to advanced players, with points and prizes increasing depending on the category.

The French Senior Championship has been classified P3000 since 2022.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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